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An expanded obituary project of MennObits.  Includes additional information of obituaries appearing in
The Mennonite and other newspapers.  
Source of individual obituaries given with each record.  Project managed by Thelma Martin.

 1996 - W to Z


  Zaerr, Inez Short;  


Zaerr, Inez Short

Inez Zaerr, 96, Archbold, died Thursday evening, Jan. 1l, 1996, at the Fulton County Health Center in Wauseon, where she was admitted that morning. She bad resided at Fairlawn Haven, Archbold, about one year.
    Born Nov. 14, 1899, near Archbold, she was a daughter of Aaron and Sarah (Rupp) Short. She married William Raymond Zaerr on Feb. 5, 1918, and he preceded her in death on Dec. 12, 1986. A lifelong resident of the Archbold area, she was a homemaker, and a volunteer at Sauder Farm and Craft Village. She was a member of the Central Mennonite Church.
    Surviving are three sons, Maurice Zaerr, Archbold; Wayne (Sue) Zaerr, Swanton; and Eugene (Arlene) Zaerr, Archbold; one daughter, Mrs. Dale (Vienna) Fielitz, Archbold; 20 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; 11 great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Earl Short, Stryker; two sisters, Ruth Short, and Mrs. Willard L. (Marie) Short, Archbold.
    Services were Monday, 10:30 a.m., at the Central Mennonite Church with Charles Gautsche, Wilmer Hartman and Lois Hartman, as the officiating pastors. Burial was in the Pettisville Cemetery.
Obituary: Archbold (Ohio) Buckeye, 1996
Submitted by: Mona Mann

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